Hose-reel and irrigator



(No Model.)

J. PERKINS.

' HOSE REEL AND IRRIGATOR.

No. 340,676. PatentedApr. 27, 1886.

lUNiTED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOSEPH PERKINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

H'OSE- REEL AND I RRIGATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,676, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed February 17, 1886. Serial No. 192,292. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrn PERKINS, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of Calitbrnia, have invented an Improvement in Hose'Reels and Irrigators; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a device which combines in one apparatus a convenient hose-reel and stand for irrigating.

It consists of a pair of wheels or supports, the rims of which are united by arms or bars extending between them, and at a point nearer to the central axis than the peripheries of the wheels, so that these bars may serve to support the hose, while leaving an interior space within which a certain portion of the hose may be coiled. In combination with these is a central tube, suitably supported from the whcel rim, through which the central portion of the hose may be extended, as will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, showing the manner of sustaining the hose. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2.

A A are two wheels orsupports of any suitable size. For ordinary garden hose and purposes of this sort the wheels may be from ten to twenty lllthBS in diameter and have a similar distance between them. Between the rims of these wheels are arms or bars B, which are secured to the interior of the wheel-rim, and are bent radially toward the center, and thence extend across the wheels, so as to form supporting-conneotions by which the wheels are united. These horizontal bars also serve to form a reel, upon which the hose may be coiled without extending to a point beyond the periphery of the wheels, and the device may then be rolled about to any point where it is desired to use the hose, the outer end of which may be tied or secured so that the hose will not unwind while being thus moved.

The whole central portion of the device inside of the bars or arms which support the coil of hose is open, and the inner end of the hose is extended into this space, a sufiicient portion of it being coiled therein for the purpose I now' describe.

0 is a ring or sleeve, axially supported from one of the wheels by arms D, which also serve to form the spokes of the wheel, and the end of the hose projecting from that portion of the coil inside, as just described, extends through this sleeve or ring.

Whenever it is desired to use the hose in irrigating, asuflicient portion is uncoiled from the exterior to conveniently connect with the bib or faucet from which water is to be taken, and the nozzle or sprinkler being attached to the end E, which projects through the ring, as much hose may be drawn out as will be needed to direct the spray or stream to the desired point. The wheels may be rolled about from side to side within the scope given by the amount of hose uncoiled from the exterior, and the nozzle end of the hose, which projects from the center of one wheel, may be held in the hand when directing the stream or spray to the desired point.

If it is desired to use the apparatus as a standing sprinkler, it is simply turned upon one end so that one wheel lies upon the ground, the other one standing upward, and the ring or sleeve with the end of the hose and the nozzle project upward from the upper wheel. Any desired form of sprinkler or spraying apparatus may be attached, and the device left standing wherever it is desired to use it.

Itwill be manifest that the device may be changed in its form or in the arrangement of the bars, which serve as the reel, without materially altering the apparatus or changing its construction or uses, the feature being the exterior hose-reel and the interior central space for the secondary coil of hose with the central guiding ring or sleeve.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hose-reel consisting of the wheels or supports with the uniting-bars forming a reel and an interior space, in combination with an axially-placed ring or sleeve at one end,

' through which the interior coil of hose'lnay I may be extended or held, substantially as be extended or held, substantially as herein herein described. 10 described. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 2. A hose-reel having an open space inside l hand.

,5 the supports for the external coil of hose, I JOS. PERKINS.

within which a secondary coil may be formed, l \Vitnesses: in combination with a hollow hub or central S. H. NoUnsE, ring through which the secondary coil of hose H. C. LEE. 

